
Roche withdraws checkpoint blocker from the market
Switzerland’s Hoffmann La Roche AG no longer markets its cancer immunotherapy atezolizumab (Tecentriq) for the treatment of urothelial carcinoma in...

Secarna Pharmaceuticals partners with SciNeuro Pharmaceuticals
According to the agreement, Secarna Pharmaceuticals GmbH & Co KG (Planegg, Germany) will identify and validate antisense locked nucleic acid...

First allogeneic cancer immunotherapy hits market
On December 20th, the European Commission approved Tabelecleucel (EbvalloTM) as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult and paediatric patients who...

Hot of the press: new issue of BIOTECH Insight
The current issue of the BIOTECH Insight Newsletter, launched in December 2021 by Deutsche Börse with support of BIOCOM AG, addresses hot topics in...

Free sugar linked to higher cardiovascular disease
The findings of a group headed by Rebecca Kelly at University Oxford (doi: 10.1186/s12916-022-02712-7) strengthen the evidence for the global...

Henkel buys FDCA from Avantium NV
From next year, Henkel will buy FDCA to bring environmentally friendly high-performance polyurethane adhesives for electronic applications to market....

Vésale Bioscience wins R&D grant
Under the grant provided by the EIC Accelerator Fund for the PhageDiag project, Belgian Vésale Bioscience BV (Namur) will develop a phage therapy...